Role at a glance
- Job function
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Accounting, Tax & Corporate Finance Corporate Finance, FP&A & Treasury
- Salary
- Not Disclosed
- Location
- Shanghai, China
- Work arrangement
- On-site
- Employment
- Full-time
- Experience
- 5 years of financial analysis experience, preferably in a large global company and a highly matrixed organization
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Role Summary
The Country FP&A Analyst supports company-wide reporting and corporate finance planning, analysis, and reporting. The role works with financial data and business partners to support forecasting, budgeting, accurate reporting, and cost center data governance.
What You'll Do
- Analyze transactional data, identify anomalies, and recommend accruals or reversals to support accurate closing and reporting.
- Develop and improve analyses and reports, and support monthly, quarterly, and annual forecasting and budgeting processes.
- Build and update dashboards, PowerPoint materials, and other business intelligence tools using data from various systems.
- Investigate data issues, identify root causes, and collaborate with finance partners and system support to improve data quality.
- Work with functional business partners to forecast operating expenses, identify P&L drivers, risks, and opportunities, and drive actions.
- Maintain country-level cost center data in internal systems, including data creation and updates.
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View full postingQualifications
At least 5 years of financial analysis experience; proficiency with systems such as SAP, Hyperion, Hyperion Planning, Power BI, Cognos, Excel, and PowerPoint; effective verbal and written communication; attention to detail; ability to learn quickly, meet deadlines, and multitask; and understanding of business processes, operations, and financial controls.
Required
- Proficient user of systems (i.e. SAP, Hyperion, Hyperion planning, Power BI, Cognos, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
- Effective verbal and written communication skills, able to summarize and present information in a concise and effective manner
- Attention to detail and consistently delivering high-quality work. Ability to learn quickly, meet deadlines, and multitask in a...
- Good understanding of business processes and operations & financial controls, able to identify control weaknesses in existing processes...
Preferred
- Experience in a large global company and a highly matrixed organization
- Familiarity with AI usage
Original job description
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Original job description
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Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)Environmental Conditions
OfficeJob Description
At Thermo Fisher Scientific, our Finance teams are important to our business and functional teams to make educated, sound decisions that drive our Mission and make us a stable and trusted industry leader. From Financial Planning & Analysis, Tax, Treasury, Financial Reporting, Audit, Investor Relations, Strategy & Corporate Development to Accounting, our Finance functions have a diverse and global presence, providing significant opportunities to develop outstanding career experiences and perspectives.
How you will make an impact:
Country FP&A is a consolidation role for the whole company reporting.
Seeking an Analyst who will be an integral part of the corporate finance team to support the delivery of our near-term and long-term financial objectives. The scope of responsibilities includes all FP&A planning, analysis & reporting to complete financial goals and initiatives to support a growing organization.
What you will do:
- Analyze transactional data, identify anomalies, and recommend accruals/reversals to ensure accurate closing and reporting
- Develop, standardize, and improve regular analyses and reports to share business, and support the monthly /quarterly /annual forecasting and budgeting process (i.e. support MBR, QBR, AOP, etc.)
- Build and update dashboards, PowerPoint, and other business intelligence tools by data mining in various systems
- Independently investigate data issues or information given, ask pertinent questions, and identify root causes, collaborate with finance business partners and system support to improve data quality
- Work closely with functional business partners to forecast operating expenses and identify P&L drivers to identify risks and opportunities, and drive actions
- Proactively learn and adopt new systems and AI tools to improve analytics capability and accuracy
- Country-level cost center data governance, including internal system data maintenance, creation, etc.
Requirements
• 5 years of financial analysis experience, preferably in a large global company and a highly matrixed organization
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
• Proficient user of systems (i.e. SAP, Hyperion, Hyperion planning, Power BI, Cognos, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.); familiarity with AI usage is a plus
• Effective verbal and written communication skills, able to summarize and present information in a concise and effective manner
• Attention to detail and consistently delivering high-quality work. Ability to learn quickly, meet deadlines, and multitask in a deadline-driven environment
• Good understanding of business processes and operations & financial controls, able to identify control weaknesses in existing processes and recommend mitigation actions
Travel requirements
• 0% domestic/international travel required
About the company
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Large Enterprise
Thermo Fisher Scientific is a global leader in serving science, providing a wide range of analytical instruments, reagents, and software solutions for healthcare, pharmaceuticals, and life sciences research. With a commitment to innovation and quality, the company enables customers to make significant advancements in scientific discovery and healthcare diagnostics. Thermo Fisher operates in more than 50 countries and employs over 80,000 people, fostering a collaborative environment aimed at enhancing global health and safety. Through its broad portfolio of brands and technologies, the company plays a vital role in accelerating life-changing research and improving patient outcomes worldwide.